The Importance Of Snowboarding

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I’m been really busy with work lately, that’s why it took so long to get back to you.

There are more things that I could even write that draws me to you, and many are things that I didn’t focus or think about before. I really like that you aren’t scared. You lived in Ukraine, traveled to Switzerland, then Germany, then back to Ukraine and ended up in Moscow. That’s significant amount of change in a short period of time. Within each move, you had to adapt to new culture, language, friends, environment, and challenges. But the reason why all of this is important because you flourished. You learned Germany. You learned Russian. Each challenge that presented itself, you took it head on. You didn’t run or doubt yourself.

The second thing that draws me towards you is your intelligence. Intelligence comes in many different ways. There are people who know advanced mathematics but can’t have a simply conversation about the weather with someone. On the other side of the spectral, there are people who have very little education but have this
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You constantly want to be doing something. You don’t settle. You knew that going snowboarding would likely be very painfully, in a psychological and physical way. You put your ass and knees on the line, and took the risk to go snowboarding. Many would be reluctant or just find something they are more comfortable with, but you took a chance and hopefully had a good experience. This isn’t the only example. One of the things that I still wonder about is why you decided to go out to a place you didn’t know, to drink with people you never met, with a guy you just met an hour ago. You didn’t know who I was, who my friends are, or if you would have a good time. But you decided to go. I guess you just wanted to have a good time, as you’ll said before or you wanted to do something and get your mind off work. But it takes a certain amount of fearlessness to go through with something like

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